Sidney Myer News

Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of Cabaret was the theme of the Third night of The 28th New York Cabaret Convention held at JALC Rose Theater. It was a grand eventing and the enthusiastic audience got to enjoy the artists quite well during the 3 1/2 hours of music.

Rick Skye, who won the 2017 MAC Award for Best Impersonation, will star in and host Don't Tell Mama's new monthly variety show Bazaaz! A Sequined Variety. The show, which will feature Skye's heralded impersonation as Liza Minnelli singing in his own voice, will showcase award-winning impersonations, guest performers and Skye's Kit Kat Boyz. Bazaaz! A Sequined Variety will open on Friday, October 27 at 7:00PM.

The Mabel Mercer Foundation has announced that it will implement a special 'Rush' ticket policy for their 2017 Cabaret Convention, to be held at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, from Monday through Thursday, October 16th - 19th.

At the end of 2016, The xx announced their return and news of a new album, I See You, with the lead single On Hold. An undoubted highlight of one of the year's most critically acclaimed albums, On Hold has quickly become one of The xx's biggest songs to date.

On Friday, September 15 at 7pm, Bernie Furshpan (Managing Partner of the Metropolitan Room) will be honoring one of the hardest working people in the business who's efforts to help young people succeed in their singing careers surpasses the usual, Corinna Sowers Adler!

On Friday, September 15 at 7pm, Bernie Furshpan (Managing Partner of the Metropolitan Room) will be honoring one of the hardest working people in the business who's efforts to help young people succeed in their singing careers surpasses the usual, Corinna Sowers Adler!

With its unique combination of the best of past and present popular song, the annual Cabaret Convention stands as a pivotal, highly-anticipated highlight of New York City's autumn music season.

Lynn University and Jan McArt, producer and director of theatre arts program development, today announced that the popular Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret at Lincoln Center comes to Live at Lynn series will return Jan. 17. Five of Manhattan's leading cabaret shows will be presented Wednesday nights in Lynn's Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall. Season tickets are available at $150, with individual concert tickets only $40.

It starts August 4 with a headline after-show Lollapalooza concert at the Park West in Chicago (more info and tickets here) which rolls into their August 5 appearance at the festival.Up next is the release of the 25thanniversary of their 1991 debut full-length album, MENTAL JEWELRY, with a deluxe reissue digitally and physically via Radioactive/Geffen/Ume (pre-order is available now here). It's due out August 11, the same day the recently reunited original line-up of +LIVE+--Ed Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar), Chad Taylor (guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums, percussion)--begin three shows as the support act for Guns N' Roses. See all of the band's tour dates below which will keep them on the road deep into the fall including three shows in Australia and as many in South Africa.

RICKY RITZEL'S BROADWAY, the 2017 MAC Award Winner for Best Recurring Series returns for its July edition on July 28th.

RICKY RITZEL'S BROADWAY, the 2017 MAC Award Winner for Best Recurring Series returns for its July edition on July 28th.

Published every Monday, BroadwayWorld Cabaret writers will pick their top recommendations for shows throughout NYC during the upcoming week.

The 2017 MAC Award Winner for Best Recurring Series returns for its May offering with songs from APPLAUSE, BIG, and CALL ME MADAM ad featuring the talents of Tara Moran, Aaron Morishita, Sidney Myer, Charlotte Patton, Jon Satrom, Lisa Viggiano, Lennie Watts, and Kristine Zbornik.

Texas jazz crooner Ken Slavin makes his Don't Tell Mama debut during Tony Award weekend.

Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced the details of the 17th annual Helpmann Awards, which will see the stars of the live performance industry come together with fans for a remarkable night on Monday 24 July at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.

Fashioned after Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight PBS programs from the 70's, each show highlights songs and stories from 2 or 3 Broadway musicals with a star studded revolving cast. Ricky, last seen on Broadway hailing a cab, will give wry commentary as well as accompanying on the piano.

CoHo Productions has announced #CoHoSeason22, featuring four artist-led co-productions of contemporary plays in the main subscription season for 2017-2018.

New York's renowned musical organization, The Mabel Mercer Foundation, returns to the Midwest for the first time since 2006 to present its fourth "Chicago Cabaret Convention."

Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian continue their monthly series Coming Home to Mama with If I Could Talk to the Animals - a show chock full of tunes about animals that became standards! Did you know that Sarah Vaughan recorded a song about a frisky lion or that a love song that Diana Krall sings is from Dr. Dolittle and was originally sung to a seal? Or that a song called "The Snake" actually refers to an agent? The special guests for this upcoming performance are the one and only Sidney Myer and legendary bass player Jay Leonhart. This series continues Friday, April 7th at 7 pm at Don't Tell Mama and celebrates Sue and Gregory's 23 years of artistic collaboration.

The 2017 MAC Award winners were revealed last night at the 31st MAC Awards on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, New York City. Take a look at the full list of winners below!